War and Porn, positive and negative

Coopersmith makes the argument that the pornography industry has a similar affect on technology and economic advancements that the act of war does. This is a profound claim. Two conceivably negative aspects of life, yet unavoidable aspects of life, comparatively drive an economy, both developing and developed. Coopersmith also argues that both pornography and war have “served as an agent of change for [innovation and the quest for profits], and similarly benefited greatly.” (Side note he also spelled ‘benefited’ incorrectly)
War is a devastating plague on humanity that proves to be beneficial to only the victor. The way humanity has made killing an exact science if frightening, and it’s sad that our economy benefits from it. It is interesting that Coopersmith compares the pornography industry to this horrible thing, when the rest of the article reads as a porn brochure. In other words, he obviously believes that pornography is a positive tool that in one hand is bad for society, yet aids its growth in the other. It is interesting though, that he leads you to initially believe he will make more of a case towards the negatives, giving reverse effects, such as social and moral issues and dilemmas, as well as technological advances sprouting from the fan base, and developers.
Coopersmith has left out the negatives that both war and pornography have on a society. Essentially, his argument could also be summarized as it takes a major negative event such as the pornography industry, or a war and the loss of life, two things that are we as humans morally object to, yet still allow to guide social and technological advances.
I would personally like to see Coopersmith show more of the facts, instead of the one-sided history lesson he presents us with. I understand that it is not his intention to state an opinion, but in attempting to state all of the facts about its influence on technology, he left out most of the negatives on contradictory developments the pornography industry had and is still influencing today, such as public indecency issues and lower moral standards among society, and little girls searching the internet for a horse and finding something inappropriate.